There’s a prayer line I take part in every morning and this week we’ve been praying for our leaders being inspired by the story of Moses and the battle against Amalek. (Exodus 17) As long as Moses held his hands up, the battle was being won, as soon as his hands came down they began to lose. To this end, Aaron and Hur put a stone under Moses to sit down but here’s the personal lesson that hit me this…
I was listening to a familiar bible story this morning regarding Peter and the other fishermen that were wrapping up their nets because of an unsuccessful attempt to catch anything that evening. (Luke 5) There were two things that caught my attention and that was Peter’s verbal response in contrast to his behavior. His verbal response was a very powerful statement that demonstrated obedience to Jesus’ instruction, Peter stated – “Nevertheless at thy word” – yet his behavior demonstrated…
As I was teaching the adult Sunday school class yesterday, we were discussing Paul’s letter sent to the people of Philippi while in prison (e.g. Philippians 1) where he was encouraging them to be bold in spreading the gospel no matter what. This made me begin to think about the prisons and the cells we may be in emotionally or psychologically. We knew Paul was in a physical prison cell but I began to challenge my students, and myself, to…
Hello Everyone: I thought it would be helpful to let my first blog be a brief explanation as to why I came up with the name – “passion and pearls”. When I think of the word passion – I think of strength, strong feeling and emotion, devotion, and heart’s desire. I don’t believe passion is something that just ‘falls out the sky’ – it’s something that continually echo’s in our mind and heart. When your thoughts are not focused on…
